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ITU AbsorbTech has been named the 2019 Business of the Year by the New Berlin Chamber of Commerce.The award recognizes companies that have shown dedication to the community through charitable donations, service activities, and growth in either employees or sales.

The George L. Leef Award goes to an employee who has played an important role in improving the processes that maintain or build on our leadership position. The George H. Leef Award goes to an employee who exemplifies the “can do” attitude of entrepreneurship, a characteristic that is crucial to our long term success.

 ITU AbsorbTech achieves the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) honor roll seven years in a row.

ITU AbsorbTech welcomes new first aid customers from the acquisition of Pro Vision, a first aid service company located in the Green Bay area.

ITU AbsorbTech has been named a winner of the Wisconsin Corporate Safety Award from the Wisconsin Safety Council (WSC) and the Department of Workforce Development (DWD).

New Berlin-based ITU AbsorbTech announced today that it has acquired assets from Spic and Span, a uniform rental and industrial supply company based in Milwaukee.

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Effective October 20th, 2017, ITU AbsorbTech president Jim Leef named Paul Schoessow the new Vice President of Business Development and Doug Roskopf the new Vice President of Operations.

ITU AbsorbTech earned the prestigious BEST® Award in 2014, 2016 and 2017 and the ATD Excellence in Practice Award in 2015. HR Director, Heather Chung, outlines ITU AbsorbTech’s key strategic initiatives that contributed to its success as one of the top companies in the world for workplace learning.

Tee Up Fore the Cure was blessed with a warm, sunny day and more than 230 golfers and 40 celebrities at Grand Geneva on Monday, September 18. The featured celebrity was baseball Hall of Famer, Rollie Fingers.

Stay tuned to find out how much was raised for JDRF Southeastern Wisconsin and the Max McGee Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin for type 1 diabetes research.

Diabetes research is a cause close to the heart of the Leef family and ITU AbsorbTech. George L. Leef, ITU AbsorbTech’s second-generation president, was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 1929, shortly after the discovery of insulin. With the help of exercise and diet management, George lived a full life but still needed the aid of hundreds of thousands of blood checks and shots. He suffered from diabetic neuropathy for many years before passing away in 2007.

During his lifetime he generously gave to diabetes research. He was a kind and devoted family man who gave so much to all those who had the privilege of knowing him.

In honor of George’s love of the game, the first Tee Up Fore the Cure was played in 2006. It was a modest start on a cold fall day where 72 players helped raise $7,000 for Type 1 Diabetes research.

In 2016, Tee Up Fore the Cure partnered with Milwaukee Brewers pitching great, Ken Sanders, to add many new dimensions to Tee Up, including celebrity golfers. Robin Yount was Tee Up’s first featured celebrity for the 10th-anniversary celebration. The event has grown to 145 players in 2016 and has raised $190,000 for research to date.

Save the Date for our charity golf outing September 18, 2017.

South Bend reached a remarkable milestone of 20 years with no lost time incidents on July 1, 2016. “While ITU AbsorbTech as a whole is very safety conscience, our South Bend location has accomplished something very few businesses can ever claim,” says Doug Roskopf, Director of Operations. “20 years without a lost time accident is […]

ITU AbsorbTech was recognized with a 2016 Earth Day Sustainable Product Award for development of the SorbIts® Quilted Pad.  The award was presented by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), the state’s chamber of commerce and largest business association in recognition of ITU AbsorbTech’s commitment and improvements in the areas of sustainability, innovative technology and environmental stewardship.